I Wish You Lyrics

I Wish You - Bill Gaither

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I wish you some springtime

Some “bird on the wing time”

For blooming and sending out shoots;

I wish you some test time,

Some winter and rest time

For growing and putting down roots.

I wish you some summer

For you’re a becomer

With blue skies and flowers and dew;

For there is a reason

God sends every season;

He’s planted His image in you.

I wish you some laughter,

Some “happy thereafter”

To give you a frame for your dreams;

But I wish you some sorrows,

Some rainy tomorrows,

Some clouds with some sun in between.

I wish you some crosses,

I wish you some losses,

For only in losing you win;

I wish you some growing,

I wish you some knowing,

There’s always a place to begin.

We’d like to collect you

And shield and protect you

And save you from hurts if we could;

But we must let you grow tall,

To learn and to know all

That God has in mind for your good.

We never could own you,

For God only loaned you

To widen our world and our hearts.

So, we wish you His freedom,

Knowing where He is leading,

There is nothing can tear us apart.